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Hi and welcome! My name is Andrew Furmanczyk and I started teaching people music online back in 2006! It all started because I believe people around the world should be able to have access to free music education that will teach them to understand and play music for themselves.

Through the Furmanczyk Academy of Music I am here to enable you to follow your musical passion or even just explore music out of your own curiosity. This place is can be your ‘superstore’ site for learning music theory or how to play piano, without having to pay anything.

My goal when I teach is to take anything that could be complicated, and make it easy and clear to understand. Learning music is a great way to better yourself. It will most likely make your brain and your hands work faster; plus, you will get the bonus enjoyment of expressing yourself musically!

I honestly hope music will be a great and enjoyable part of your future that brings many smiles to your face!

For my birthday I bought a piano and I am on lesson 10! Thank you for these! They are fun and easy to follow! I played tuba through high school and I have a better understanding of how scales work from a few lessons on the piano than 6 years playing brass, I look forward to going through more!

Jack

Absolutely thrilled to see the website wasn’t scrapped or forgotten about. It was down for the past 3 or 4 days for me, so you can imagine my surprise to see it not only back up and running but looking phenomenal in the process. Still have another 15-20 or so videos of Music Theory to get through, so I’d better be off. Take care, Andrew!

Carol

thank you very much Furmanczyk! i’m from Brazil, i got a piano about 2 years ago and i didn’t know how to play it. today i remembered about the poor piano and found your website! now i know the basic but it’s already good to me. thankssss, you’re a great teacher

Sloan

Amazing work and I am so greatful for your generous instruction! I also sport the trinity knot from time to time.
Thank you!

Anita Torbett

I am beginning to learn thanks to you. I love your method. You make it fun and cover everything well

Anita Torbett

I have tried several other youtube videos, but they take off to fast or are not as learner friendly. Your great:)

Hydrox

love your videos they are a real help cheers (from England)

Tim Tolzmann

Thank you so much for creating these online courses.

John

Hey Andrew, great job! Thanks for being so hardworking and taking so much time to do this. As a suggestion though, it might be a good idea to list the lessons with descriptions like you did on the old version of your website so that people can remember which ones they have watched Thanks again, I really appreciate all your hard work!!!

Umer Khan

I have learned a lot from you bro. Thanks a lot. Umer from Pakistan.

motty451

Great! I was always eager to learn to play the piano and now, at the age of 70, I finally made it a reality. Thanks, Mr. Furmanczyk!

Karissa Cruz

I’m so glad this website exists and to Andrew thank you so much for your time and giving. Without this I probably would not have had the opportunity to learn and being able to means so much to me. Music is a passion of mine and to be able to finally learn and express myself is absolutely amazing so thank you again! P.s. the website looks awesome!

Thao

Hi Andrew,

I am so glad that I found your piano lesson videos. They help so much. I am watching the both series “Learn How To Play Piano” and “Learn Free Music Theory” now every day. I use them as my routine lessons and practice with my keyboard. Your lessons are free but they are very good quality. I never have chance to study music or piano in my life. And you make everything is so easy to understand and I am having fun. I appreciate your work, I enjoy your personality and I thank you for all what you have done. Please keep doing what you are doing. You are such an inspiration and this life becomes so lovely because of people like you. May God bless you and your loved ones.

PS: If you need a volunteer for something that I am able to, please email me at macarong35[at]yahoo[dot]com.

Andrew you’re amazing!
i owe you my musical knowledge, which keep growing, thanks to you!
i thank you from the bottom of my heart for awesome lessons series you’ve been uploaded.
you’re a good person that want to help others, well, you definitely helped me!
you’re really funny by the way, hehe always making me laugh =)
Thanks again, my good friend and mentor. <3﻿

Capri

Andrew – THANK YOU for all you have put into these lessons for the benefit of anyone interested in learning how to play piano! I REALLY appreciate your time, effort, personality, and your teaching style. I appreciate the way you explain the concepts and the vocabulary. When you have no music education behind you, the terminology that is probably quite “elementary” to others, can be confusing to someone not versed in music… beyond singing along with the radio. Your lighthearted approach in explaining such in simple terms makes it so I can take notes readily, learn in small steps, and feel confident (for the first time EVER) that I understand and can apply my thoughts and fingers to playing. In simple terms…I am a pianist! Wow!!! Never thought that term would apply to me…. although it has always been something I’ve wished for! I am a teacher, and I really appreciate your teaching style. Thank You!!

Morteza Moezi

thx alot my teacher

John E Kaye

Andrew…just found your you tube lessons. Excellent. I am 67 and played guitar 50 years ago and quit. You have made it exciting to start music again. Would be nice to have a list of the lessons even though I am just starting at the beginning. Thank you for your efforts. John

Lindsay

This is such a great site! I’ve wanted to learn piano forever and this is the easiest way to learn because I can just pull up the next lesson whenever I have time!

Mary

Hi, I’m so passionate about learning to play piano. I’m 42 and never learned to play before. Do you think I can have a chance to successfully learn to play.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=743041377 Levi Wilson

I’m 39 and starting out. I figure unless you plan on being dead in the next couple of years you’ll probably be able to given a certain amount of dedication.

Monther

i love this, thanks Andrew its really clear it up for me…from begginer to mid lvl and im happy ^_^

Anas

Thank you very much !

Sean Foley

God bless you!

I am 45 years old and have always wanted to learn piano.

The music that comes out of a well-played piece of music can do wonders for the soul.

I have a piano at work. I found your first lesson on YouTube, watched it, and played. Poorly, but I PLAYED! I got “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”, and I got it right. But more importantly I learned how many notes are present, how to locate them, finger position, finger pressure, and successful C scale completion.

I am jumping for joy inside and am so excited.

Tomorrow I will try lesson 2.

Then I will keep on every day that I am near a piano.

THANK YOU for making these training videos and posting them for free. I am a single dad with a special-needs child, so money is always tight. I cannot afford lessons.

Sean Foley
Fort Worth, Texas

Sandy Caudill

I’m having trouble getting to next lesson. I can only find 3, where is #4 and the other lessons? thank you for the free lessons!

StrawberryCreamSwirl

Andrew! Quick Question :)! What type of piano do you use mostly? I notice you use a Grand piano but curious to which one and why did you chose to pick that certain piano :3!?

William Hotzfield

Hey Andrew, I’m wanting to start leaning piano and I was really excited when I found this page. I can’t wait to start leaning from you and your Channel. I’m interested in getting the Roland RD-800, but after seeing some of Rolands Synths I was curious to know what the difference is between a Stage Piano (Keyboard) and a Synthesizer. Please help me get set up.

Dims

Hi Andrew I need help with playing real music can you help

Mike

I love you man even though I am a guy lol Jks your videos finally helped me do what I always wanted so thank you and god bless you

Alok Mishra

Andrew, many thanks for all your lessons on youtube and here. They have really motivated me, who could not find time to visit a teacher in person, after all work and family commitments. While I have played the guitar at an amateur level, I have been thinking since a really long time to start on the piano and hence bought a Casio CTK 3200. I am just so enthusiastic right now that I have been practicing like twice a day since like 10 days. Hope I don’t overdo it though and work more on accuracy as you say… My best wishes to you for doing such a wonderful job and opening up the world of music to so many…I have questions on the technique for some scales, but will keep it for later..

Alok Mishra

Hi Andrew, could you please help me on one problem I am facing ? In playing any scale one goes like – Do Re Mi Fa Si La Ti Do. To train my fingers better, one exercise I used to do on the guitar is play Do Mi, Re Fa, Mi Si and so on…Question is how should fingers be used on the piano in case 1. its only the white keys being there in the scale and 2. if both white and black keys are involved…
Hope I was able to put my question clearly. Thanks.
Btw, is this covered in any lesson? I have only gone up to 25 so far…of the playlist of 40 videos (I can see another one with 42 also, if this is there somewhere, could you pls point to it, that would do as well)
In fact, going a little wide on this, there could be more such exercises to ‘free up’ the fingers a bit, do you suggest any?

– Alok

seham alammar

Right hand–1,2,3,1,2,3,4,5-finger numbering
left hand–5,4,3,2,1,3,2,1

Alok Mishra

I am not sure you got my question. If you read carefully, it can’t be that simple. For right hand, if you go 5-3,4-2,3-1 then you need to go 2-3, which makes you cross you fingers, which is not supposed to be done. If you play minor scales and if you should only use say fingers 1 and 3, you would end up playing black keys with you thumb and that should not be done either.
if you dont’ get this, its fine, lets drop it. No offence.

Leslie Delano

This is really great. I am a photographer and while I love music I have never had a chance to do anything with it. I watched your first beginner video on YouTube and it was extremely helpful as I didn’t even know where to start since I have absolutely no knowledge base. I like your style and I like your attitude, sharing skills is the way the world should be. Thank you.

Anthony R. Galve

my name is Anthony Galve i want know how to play a piano?

David Lloyd-Jones

The obvious: Thank you, Andrew.

-dlj.

flynsqrls

After 48 years, I am
returning to one of the few subjects that created confusion, frustration, doubt, and fear for
me… Your first 3 lessons (I intend to watch and study as many as I can! Thank
you sooooo much!) have already given me hope and I am excited to ‘learn’
more!!! I am realizing why it was so difficult for me so long ago… I was
trying to learn a difficult new language (music), in a totally new language for
me (Vietnamese)… Kind of like trying to learn Chinese, in a class that ONLY
spoke German… and you only understood English! lol

Your lessons are thorough, your pace is comfortable, and the order/organization
is absolutely well thought out and simply awesome!!! Thank you again!

I have subscribed and will visit on a regular basis as my busy schedule
allows…

My hat is off to you and I am clasping my hands together and bowing in respect
in your direction!

Thanks again!

Michael Rymer

Andrew, I enjoy you,re lessons but, are the lessons printable?

Daniel Nora

Andrew,

thank you so much for all the musical knowledge that you share with the world for free.
I just finished watching your Learn Free Music Theory videos. Your style of teaching is both very educational and entertaining, a skill that very few teachers are capable of. Thanks to you, I’m inspired to keep learning more about music and now I have a very solid foundation to build upon.

If it’s of any help, I’m a software engineer, so if you need any advice on these kind of matters (anything at all!) I would be extremely honored to help you out. You can reach me at danijmn at gmail dot com.

I never had any introduction to music before and I was looking to learn the keyboard via some online videos and stumbled upon your videos on youtube.
Man, Am I glad I did that!

I am indebted to you in music and will definitely find a way of repaying my musical debt in some way or the other to you or the community in future…

Keep up the good work mate.

Cheers!
–Kaush.

John Bezzina

Dear Mr. Furmanczyk, I just wanted to write and say THANKS!! for the lessons. I’m 47 years old and I have just started to learn how to play the guitar (a dream I had since I was a kid I guess). I am finding your theory lessons a great help since my real theory teacher is basically hopeless. Thanks to you I am preparing the lesson before I actually go to his “class” – Once again THANKS! – Greetings from Malta

Fama Root

Just found your site…. I want to thank all concerned for giving others the opportunity to be able to experience learning how to play the piano. I am 70 years old and this topic has been on my “bucket list” for years now. A very dear friend of mine gave me her deceased mother’s piano which is just simply beautiful and in wonderful condition. I am so excited about this precious gift and now the opportunity to actually learn to play. A few of my grandchildren (12, 13, and 17) live near by and are equally excited. I can’t thank you and others who might assist you to make this possible for those less fortunate to be able to afford music lessons much less own an instrument. What a blessing you are giving and sharing with others. I will write again with hopefully updated news that I am playing the piano (even if I am just playing chop sticks or Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star … lol)

GOD BLESS!!

(Fama) Faye from Folsom, Louisiana

Tamara Lynn

Thank you ! You don’t know how much I appreciate you making these available to me!!! Xoxox

http://www.wattpad.com/ferfer_duse Ferduse

I’m 13 and I want to learn how to play the piano much better. I was searching through the web and a lot of the ‘free piano lessons’ were sorta wack… But then I found this one! Thank you Andrew! You really helped

Shirlene De Zilwa

Thanks for the free lessons. However your preamble is inaudible and then the lesson is slightly confusing and less enjoyable because I detect your sense of humour but find myself straining to hear what you say which is a pity…

http://www.soulful-keys.com/ Adrian

Looks very interesting. I am self taught and have my own web site for R&B stuff. But always willing to learn new things.

Josh f

Im giving it my dedication!!!!

Leoric DellaFortuna

try doing a combo of both learn a little theory then use that on the piano

Andreea Ilies

Hi Andrew! You’re great and funny! Thanks for the lessons 😉

jing shang

Hi Andrew, I would like to thank you for these great videos. I am 25 years old and I decided to start learning piano. I found your way of teaching very easy to understand and interesting. I watch your videos to learn theories and basic skills. I do also have a piano teacher. I go to her place half an hour every week, and she would assign me tasks to practice and correct me from wrong to right. Watching your video is a great way for me to learn detailed theories which I don’t have time to learn in class, and good way for me to preview and review my classes. If you could maybe assign a book to your audience, and maybe give them some assignments in each video, show them how to play, and maybe review the assignment in the next video, that would be great. I did get a little bit lost when I was watching your video only because I did not know what to practice and that is why I am paying for a teacher now. Anyway, these videos are great! I definitely appreciate your hard work and like your personality!

Donald Many

Hi Mary, I am just joining and I am 68. You are never too old to try something new.

Biljana Atanasovska

Thank you for the free lessons… I just started to learn piano. blessings

Ajayi Oluwaseun Temitope

Hi sir, Andrew Furmanczyk, I am 23 from Nigeria, I only play basic primary chords using progressions for accompaniment but I’m with the passion to learn real music theory and how it works but thank God after much searching, I got to get your youtube channel which is so detailed and easy to comprehend so I just wanna say a big THANK YOU to you for how you’ve helped me in achieving my musical ambition, I am almost done with your “Learn Free Music Theory” lessons, currently at lesson Number 47. I have a digital keyboard though only 5 octaves but still manageable and aids easy learning of the music theory. I will start the Piano lessons immediately after I’m done with the music theory lessons. Thanks once again, God bless you.
Oluwaseun Temitope

Eyhab Youssef

I love your lessons and i also do sight reading every day and thank to you i now read music at easy/intermidiet level up to level 4 and i hope you will begin to make harmony lessons because you are the only teacher in the world that can make me motivated and i also wanna thank you for all your efforts